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In January 2022, the [[Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards]], [[Kathryn Stone]], upheld 21 allegations out of 35 brought by Lord Lisvane and private secretaries Kate Emms and Angus Sinclair against Bercow, who appealed to the Independent Expert Panel.<ref>{{cite news |title=John Bercow bites back as inquiry brands him a bully |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/john-bercow-bites-back-as-inquiry-brands-him-a-bully-6hlf8lbg6 |first=Tim |last=Shipman |date=15 January 2022 |work=The Times}}</ref>
In March 2022, the Independent Expert Panel upheld the findings of the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards, concluding that Bercow had "been widely unreliable and repeatedly dishonest in his evidence", a "serial liar" and a "serial bully".<ref>{{cite news |title=John Bercow found to be 'serial bully' and liar by independent inquiry |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/mar/08/john-bercow-ex-speaker-banned-commons-bullying-inquiry |access-date=8 March 2022 |work=The Guardian |first1=Jessica |last1=Elgot |first2=Rowena |last2=Mason |date=8 March 2022}}</ref> Formally reprimanding Bercow, the Panel recommended that, as he was no longer a Member of Parliament and could not, therefore, be expelled from the House of Commons, “he"he should never be permitted a pass to the Parliamentary estate".<ref name="telegraph-2022-iep-result"/> The Labour Party subsequently suspended him from the party.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Morris|first=Sophie|title=John Bercow: Former Speaker administratively suspended from Labour after bullying inquiry finds him guilty and bans him from parliament |url=https://news.sky.com/story/john-bercow-former-speaker-administratively-suspended-from-labour-after-bullying-inquiry-finds-him-guilty-and-bans-him-from-parliament-12560710|date=8 March 2022 |access-date=8 March 2022 |website=[[Sky News]]}}</ref> Bercow rejected the Panel's findings and declared the body—which included a former [[Lord Justice of Appeal]] and a former [[Chief Coroner of England and Wales|Chief Coroner]]—to be a "[[kangaroo court]]" lacking in legal expertise.<ref>{{cite news |title='Kangaroo court' has found me guilty of bullying, says John Bercow |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/jan/16/john-bercow-speaker-commons-parliamentary-inquiry-kathryn-stone |work=The Guardian |first=Haroon |last=Siddique |date=16 January 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Universities under pressure to cut ties with 'serial bully' John Bercow |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2022/03/09/universities-pressure-cut-ties-serial-bully-john-bercow/ |newspaper=Telegraph|date=9 March 2022 |last1=Diver |first1=Tony }}</ref> Lisvane dismissed Bercow's rejection as "hysterical petulance from someone caught bang to rights".<ref>{{cite news |last=Mason |first=Rowena |date=9 March 2022 |title=John Bercow's protests over bullying verdicts have 'not a shred of credibility' |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/mar/09/john-bercow-protests-bullying-verdicts-not-shred-of-credibility-lord-lisvane |work=The Guardian |access-date=9 March 2022}}</ref>
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